Dragon Centre is a nine-storey shopping centre in the Sham Shui Po area of New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
History Located beside the historic Sham Shui Po Police Station, the mall was built on part of the site of the former Sham Shui Po Camp, a prisoner-of-war camp for Commonwealth forces captured during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, which was also used to house Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Features The leading tenant is Sincere, a department store. Sunlight shines from the skylight through to the first floor. A bus terminus is located on the ground floor.J. Roger Preston Limited: Dragon Centre, Hong Kong
The ninth floor features Sky Fantasia (), a children's entertainment centre,Sky Rink website and an indoor roller coaster, the Sky Train ().Sky Train at rcdb.com This hangs from the roof and was the second indoor roller coaster in Hong Kong (the first was located in the Wonderful World of Whimsy in Cityplaza), but it has been closed since the mid-2000s.Admin Dragon Centre – A nine-storey shopping complex in Sham Shui Po I Live Hong Kong The eighth floor features an ice skating rink, the Sky Rink (), and a food court.
The Dragon Centre won the Hong Kong Institute of Architects 1994 Certificate of Merit Award.Hong Kong Institute of Architects: Annual Report 2009, "List of Past HKIA Annual Awards" J. Roger Preston Limited: HKIA Certificate of Merit (1994)
Anchors and retailers
Sixty Eight Store Apple Mall (), a mall-within-a-mall, split into 3 levels on the 5th, 7th, and 9th floors Baleno Bossini BSX City Chain Fortress World Pizza Hut McDonald's KFC Yoshinoya Ajisen Ramen Pokka Cafe Kee Wah Bakery Aji Ichiban Co., Ltd Bank of China HSBC ATM 7-Eleven Watsons Sincere Mannings ParknShop Superstore Lenscrafters Jumpin Gym USA Fairwood Cafe 360 Kumon
Transport The Dragon Centre is served by the Sham Shui Po station of the MTR.
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Further reading
External links
Dragon Centre website Pictures of the roller coaster